White-ring garden eel

The white-ring garden eel (Heteroconger canabus), also known as the Cape garden eel in Mexico,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Garry I. McTaggart-Cowan and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1974, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 20 m (66 ft), and inhabits sand sediments near reefs, where it forms burrows in nonmigratory colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 cm (31 in).[3]

White-ring garden eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Congridae
Genus:
Heteroconger
Species:
H. canabus
Binomial name
Heteroconger canabus
(Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974)
Synonyms[1]
  • Taenioconger canabus Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974

The white-ring garden eel's diet consists of zooplankton.[5] It is currently listed as Data Deficient at the IUCN redlist due to dispute over its taxonomy, although it notes that if valid, the species may be under threat as a result of inhabiting an intrareef region in a range restricted to 1,000 km2.[6]

References
  1. Synonyms of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Cowan, G. I. M. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1974 (28 Mar.) [ref. 12] Taenioconger canabus, a new heterocongrin eel (Pisces: Congridae) from Baja California, with a comparison of a closely related species. Copeia 1974 (no. 1): 55-60.
  5. Food items reported for Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  6. Heteroconger canabus at the IUCN redlist.


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